A look into child marriage in Benin, Africa, exploring the life of a 13-year-old bride and the cultural context surrounding early marriage in this region.

Approximately 1.5 million Africans were captured, enslaved, and deported to the New World by Benin's tribal leaders.

U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country.

UNITED NATIONS - An estimated 80,000 children are at high risk of cholera as the rainy season begins across West and Central ...

U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved people.

German defense. The German government is reportedly preparing to submit at least 60 military procurement orders for parliamentary approval this year. They ...

American singer Ciara has become a citizen of Benin under a new law that grants citizenship to the descendants of enslaved ...

Benin hopes that its latest moves will promote cultural tourism. The country’s coastline is part of what was once known as ...

Singer Ciara gains Benin citizenship under Afro-descendant law, honoring slave trade history and Black diaspora heritage.

Photo: Getty Images North America Grammy award-winning singer Ciara is among the first public figures to be granted ...

Ciera received her Beninese citizenship, but she isn’t the first to receive dual citizenship from a nation in the motherland.